General Ulysses S. Grant.
U.S. Grant led the U.S. forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
The battle of Vicksburg
The Confederate General commanding the Vicksburg garrison was John C. Pemberton, supervised by his area commander Joseph E. Johnston. The Union force was commanded by Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses Grant
U.S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the general who won at Vicksburg, and became commander of all the Union Armies. Grant would go on to serve as the 18th President of the United States.
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
General Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses s grant
U.S. Grant led the U.S. forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
The Union
The battle of Vicksburg
Vicksburg - U.S. Grant (Union) Gettysburg - George Meade (Union)
The Siege of Vicksburg. It meant the end of the war in the West. It released the Union troops to go and help at Chattanooga. And it brought great credibility of U.S.Grant, who would become General-in-Chief a few months later.
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